Journaling

Colin lost a tooth October 7, 2012


10-21-12  I asked was his room clean.  He said yes.  I sd are you sure he sd yes, daddy went in there & didn't yell.  Hubby stays on him about keeping his room clean.  He has a place for everything in his room but he doesn't always put items in there proper place.

10-21-12  I told Colin if he got certain marks for the week I would think about getting him a new beyblade.  Think about is Will in Colin's brain.  He asked Friday if we could got get him one on Saturday at 7 pm.  I told him I would think about it.  Saturday at 7 pm he sd mom you remember you said we would go at 7 pm.  I sd I remember saying I would think about it; so no not today.

This morning right after he said "Good Morning" he said mom could I talk to you.
I already knew what he wanted to talk about said yes.  He said can we go...  I cut him
off & said take a look at my List for today.  It was my costume to do list of what I need
to do to finish his Halloween costume.  I asked him "Do you want me to work on your costume or go shopping for another beyblade.  I had told him previously I would not be staying up late & working on the costume for days & days like last year.

I asked him to make a list of his current beyblades & launchers.  I should have kept track so he doesn't get the same ones again.  Of course he takes them apart & reconfigures them.  No surprise to me; he is very creative.

Vanilla Wafers GF SF DF NF

Accidental Vanilla Wafers.   I was craving cookies & wanted them fast.  I took  a box of Gluten Free pantry yellow cake mix.  Our foods after to be gluten, soy, dairy, & nut free.  I put the contents into Kitchen aid bowl; then added pureed zucchini, 2 T butter flavor palm shortening; 2 T olive oil, 2 T apple sauce, 2 eggs blend.  Drop onto cookie sheets bake for 15 min they are like cookie cakes bake an extra min or 2 & they are vanilla wafers.

make a book of blog entries

Idea from http://eighteen25.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-blurb-book-obsession-giveaway.html

I started my blog to keep up with the journaling for my sons scrapbook.  Life happens so much faster than I can sb it.

I do find that digital sb is faster for me.  As long as I don't keep tweaking the digital pages.

My version of Hash brown cups

The recipe I started with came from this blog.
http://littlebirdiebaby.blogspot.com/2011/10/tutorial-tuesday-linky-party-trio-of.html
Bird's Nest Breakfast Cups:

If you know me at all you know Colin & I; have life threatening allergies.
I tweak almost all recipes for many reasons but our allergies is the biggest reason.

Notes for others. I'm making 2 versions at the same time. 3 will be for us and 3 Colin our son.  I made Colin's 3 with more potato, turkey bacon or polish sausage & rice cheese; he doesn't like to eat eggs. 
My Version is below   

Hash Brown Cups  (GF, SF, DF, & Pork Free)

Potato mix
10  c shredded organic hash brown potatoes  thawed   (no soybean oil=SF)
4   t salt   (sea salt ground fine)
1 t white pepper ground   fine  (organic)
1 T onion powder    (organic)
1 t garlic powder (organic)
1 T carrot powder  (organic)
1 T diced onion   (organic) In my potato mix not Colin's
2 T EVOO  extra virgin olive oil  (organic)
1/3 c shredded rice cheddar cheese (SF, DF) I use Rice Vegan Cheddar flavor
1/3 c shredded cheddar cheese (SF, GF) for us

Egg mix
4 eggs  organic free range & grain fed
1 T diced carrots (organic)
1 T diced red bell pepper (organic)
1 T diced celery (organic)
1 t dill weed  (organic)

Meat
Bacon bits or 8-10 pieces of cooked Soy Free, Pork Free bacon, crumbled
or Polish Sausage- Gluten Free, Soy Free, & Pork Free
muffin tin (I use a jumbo muffin pan; makes 6 for us)
shortcake baking tin for Colin 6 for him no egg mix

In 2 large bowls. Take hash browns and mix in the salt, pepper, oil and 1/3 cup shredded cheese.
Divide amongst the cups in your muffin tin, making sure to grease tin beforehand.
Bake hash browns at 425 degrees for 15-18 minutes or until toasty.
Once they're finished, take them out and lower the temp of the oven to 350 degrees.
Add egg mix into each of the cups. Top with bacon and a sprinkle of extra cheese
Bake at 350 degrees for 13-16 minutes (or until the eggs are as firm as you like them).
Flip onto cooling rack to remove from shortcake pan.

Photo of Colin's Hash Brown Cup

Pinterest

Journaling below for my book of me.  If you are one of my few follower please ignore the bad use of grammar.  I'm just trying to get it down quickly. 

I'm a huge pinterest fan.  A place for a mind racing with ideas person to have so many of the ideas in one place but categorized as I see fit.   The first time someone that knew me well & told me about it;  I thought ummm I better not even take a look. I could see me overdoing it.  The 2nd time she mentioned it; I took a look.  It took less than a minute for me to beg her for an invite.  Then I had to link it to my Facebook page. Umm no. Total strangers seeing my full name & photo of my family (my facebook photo) made me nervous.  So I emailed pinterest & didn't ever receive a response.   The next day I signed up then promptly unchecked it posting to my facebook page.

It's been a growing love affair every since the first day I signed up. Now I see total strangers boards & think we get along famously.  LOL
There are days that I have to be disciplined &set the time or not log on.

So now I will write about the reason I logged on to Pinterest this morning was to pull up a recipe I want to try for breakfast.  It's on my Easy/Fast on the Go Food ideas board.

Not Where I'd Like To Be...But Not Where I Used To Be


This sums up my weight loss journey.  I've had some health issues & the medicine has caused me
to gain weight.  My health is much better but the pounds not falling off.  It's so much harder to lose
weight than it used to be.  I'm trying to get healthier & stay that way.  LOL  It's like shoveling snow & its still snowing. 
 
So my motto today is
 
Not Where I'd Like To Be...But Not Where I Used To Be

Gluten Free Soy Free Sesame Chicken
I've missed eating Sesame Chicken.  I made a darn good GF/SF version.
I used Coconut Secrets Coconut Amino.